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Foodie Diaries: Project Pie

One of my goals this year is to have a memorable summer full of happy adventures, may it be through food trips, travels or extreme sports. I've been so busy this semester and this summer is the time to venture out and explore! I'm glad to have started my Summer with my college best friends and crossing out things from "our" bucketlist. After a stressful hellweek (hagupit ng finals), my college friends and I planned a list of things we wanted to do this summer and one of them is eating in Project Pie.

The interior was so cool. It's a great place to chill with friends.

Paolo and Cz, :)

Me and my Highschool friend, Jerrold :)

I've always wanted to try the concept of designing your own pizza and indeed it was fun! You get to choose whatever toppings you want for the same prize. Though I also wanted to try the bananuttella flavor, one round of pizza was more than enough to make me feel bloated. 

After a week of stressful no-sleep paperworks, movie editing, exams, thesis revisions and PR campaigns, we think we deserved this break! I'm so happy to have started my summer with these people. 

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Foodtrip Fridays: Vanilla Cupcake Bakery

Hello my lovely readers, I'm back with foodtrip fridays! And for tonight's feature, I'm going to write about my new favorite calorie and sweets hang-out, the Vanilla Cupcake Bakery. I've been here last summer and only now was I able to make a feature about it. Well, get ready for you might head out and buy a cupcake after reading this post. :)

Vanilla Cupcake Bakery has the loveliest interiors! From the cutest chairs, the daintiest decors, the loveliest plates and even the sweet-smelling girly cupcakes, this is the place to be. I'm a sweets addict and cupcakes are one of my guilty pleasures. After spotting endless posters of this place all around ATC and bayo (it was newly opened by then so they needed to hard-sell), Krista and I decided to find the place. 

The place was jam-packed and a lot of people were looking for chairs. Most of their cupcakes were gone but I saw that inside they were still baking. I'm lucky I got to buy the last salted caramel before it's gone! 

Krista had the vanilla caramel (I think? Sorry, I forgot already) and she said it was a bit too sweet but it was fine with her. She had a huge sweet tooth anyway, just like me. :)

Like I said earlier, I'm lucky to have the last stock of Salted Caramel before it was completely gone. I'm in love with salted caramel (or anything that includes salty twists to sweets) and it didn't fail me. It was awesome and very delectable.

Krista had the strawberry iced tea while I had the green apple iced tea. We didn't opt for the cold hot chocolate any longer since we were still both full by then. The juices were really good especially the green iced tea. I recommend this to anyone who would drop by and still has not tried it yet.

So, that's it for the lovely Vanilla Cupcake Bakery! If only I wasn't full by then I'd eat more cupcakes and if the place wasn't so jampacked (and like 80% of the people there were old ones, I don't even know why) I would've taken more pictures. I do hope though that you enjoyed my Food Trip Fridays post! Have a great weekend ahead!

Vanilla Cupcake Bakery Spot: Upper Ground Level, Corte de las Palmas, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City Facebook: facebook.com/Vanilla-Cupcake-Bakery

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BonChon and Sweets with Krista ♥

Before Summer ended, I had a date with Krista baby last Saturday at ATC (our favorite hang out because it's the nearest and most convenient place for two shopaholic and food addicts). We hadn't seen each other for already a year or so and we decided to meet up! It was an unplanned trip since we only had our conversation last Friday night then we agreed that Saturday morning without further discussion. We just went there without plans. That's how we work best anyway, right? Surprises and unplanned things. 

Yep, food lovers? Bon Chon was our first stop.

We ordered a bunch of food for dinner. I had my favorite Bon Chon chops and french fries while Krista (or B as in Blair as she prefers to be called) ordered a mixed plate of breast and drumstick parts.

Then we went around the mall to hunt for Macaroons (which we saw from a girl who was eating some) because I've been dying to eat one. Apparantly, there was a sweets bazaar within ATC and that's where we found some!

I ended up buying a dozen.

Then krista was like craving for red velvet cupcakes and since we saw a store selling a bunch, we bought some!

Sweets are girls best friends not diamonds. Hihi :p

Our last sweets shop was Contis where I bought a box of Lemon Squares for mom (which we also ate a bit lol)

I know, we're so matakaw. Hah! 

The ever-famous mirror shots! Yes, there's nothing better to end your summer with a great friend, a nice place and comfort food. 

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Choco Gasm.

Here's a little something for Guys to make your mouth water.